Type D personality in the prediction of internet addiction in the young adult population of Slovak internet users

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    Autor/Kolektív:doc. Juraj Holdoš, PhD.
    Vydavateľstvo:Current Psychology, DOI 10.1007/s12144-016-9475-6
    Rok vydania:2016
    ISBN:ISSN 1046-1310
    Type D personality in the prediction of internet addiction in the young adult population of Slovak internet users

    This article presents the results of the first study on the relationship between Internet addiction (IA) and Type D personality (D is for distressed) in Slovakia and is the first attempt to examine the impact of Type D personality in the prediction of IA beyond personality dimensions. Altogether 405 adult Slovak Internet users (aged from 18 to 45 years) filled out the following questionnaires: IRPS, DS14, and NEO-FFI. The results showed that there wasn’t a significant effect of the Type D personality on levels of IRPS after con- trolling for the effect of Big-Five personality traits. The Big Five personality dimensions and demographics explained 21.1 % of variance in IA. According to our results the typical adult addicted to the Internet could be characterized as a young introverted unconscientious and disagreeable neurotic. Future research should concentrate more on the creation and validation of the model of IA.